Thanks for the congrats :). Bit of a shock and a whirlwind so still catching up on everything. Should be a fun new adventure!!
Thanks JS,that's really lovely :)
I think Jamie Lee Ross claims some Maori whakapaka too? There is a definite swing left in many areas, compared not only with 2007 but also more historically. In my area of Puketapapa for eg it is the best result for the centre-left ever, even though C&R ...
Thanks for the mash up, we do indeed have a weiner. I hope someone updates it for the last year or so of hideousness. It's also worth considering that Paul Henry's unaccepable behaviour is also brought to us by Breakfast's advertisers. Hopefully the work ...
Actually, given that people know one of the accused is a candidate and Lanour have been upfront about him being on a Labour ticket the suppression is a negative for all Labour-affiliated candidates, and it means the party can't throw him out yet because ...
The TV3 coverage last night was disgraceful, taking Banks' line basically without critique and desperately trying to pin it to Brown. Some of their political reporting lately seems like it's come straight from Whale Oil.
PM said: Labour changed it from 80% to 100%, not to solve any obvious problem with ECE but to give the relevant professional association a boost. Me: where is your evidence of this Milt? I have never heard anyone claim this before.
Thanks for writing about this Marty G, good to see it still getting coverage ad these cuts really start to bite. Such a short-sighted move by a narrow minded govt who seem to want to boil all education down to workforce training.
It's because Tolley's intention with the Standards is not to label children as failures but to label teachers as failures. Key component in the battle to demean teaching and thus keep down teacher pay and conditions, justify privatization of parts of the ...
The Harbour. Coastal transport is the logical alternative that we shoud be investing in to prepare for earthquakes and oil price shocks . Not an uneconomic highway that is unlikely to be of use in either scenario. (Note that the latter scenario is 99% ...
It is correct that some union agreements are negotiated for three year chunks. This is the legal maximum that a collective employment agreement can be negotiated for (3 years) and usually there are annual pay increases agreed as part of those negotiations....
Sadly there is an exploitative element to some of the media. Slater's story fits right into it. Wind him up and watch him go and not care about the consequences for anyone. I saw a story on Close Up a couple of months back about a family I know a little ...
And there are plenty of families of people whose loved ones have been raped, abused, murdered who are NOT in the SST.
Happy blogday lprent and crew, it's a real achievement in blogging to make it to three years and carve out a clear and significant niche as The Std has done. If it's not difficult, I'd be interested to know what some of the peaks have been. No worries if ...
Thanks Andrew this is a great post. I am particularly concerned by the lack of diversity on the working groups, in particular, as you point out, the absence of anyone actually working at the sharp end of each policy area. They also seem to fulfill a role ...
What will be particularly interesting to see is who gets Roy's Associate Education role, which was focused on Special Education (and I think maybe some stuff around private schools too?) Not sure Boscawen has any interest or expertise in the area and they ...
Carter seems to have completely failed to make the transition back to being in Opposition. Here's my take on it all: http://thehandmirror.blogspot.com/2010/07/so-farewell-chris-carter.html
There's also been a strong trend of Ministers refusing interviews around issues where broken promises could be raised. Might be helpful to start a tally somewhere on this site if someone has the time.
Well done EPMU members and staff, that's a great result.
What do you mean Mossaman?
It's incredibly depressing that neither the PM nor the Minister of Labour appear to understand really basic bits of the law they now want to quite significantly amend. Particularly when they don't understand the stuff they've already changed themselves (by...
I think I need to get me a t shirt that says "ignore me I'm just a distraction" ;)
You are so totes LP Deborah - right down to the Australian accent :P I fully expect you to start spelling Labour without a u any second now.
Actually my initial comment on this post didn't criticise The Std, but did rebutt Tammy. I know how much lprent hates it when people treat The Std like it's a monolith. I only raised those comparison points around almost 3 weeks and only my guest post and ...
But Loota you were arguing that a woman had already made a choice at 12 weeks and that's what I was refuting. If you want to make an argument to extend beyond 24 weeks then you'll find we are in agreement.
Not necessarily. I know women who did not know they were pregnant until a long way down the track, even as late as 20 or 24 weeks. Besides which, circumstances can change. Relationships can break up, health issues can arise, jobs can be lost, other ...
... the news on July 3rd. It is now July 20th. In that... - the post I wrote on July 5th and this post today... and much appreciated). On the July 3rd post there were a... wrote my guest post on July 5th because I was worried...
And this one a) hasn't made it to being a Member's Bill yet and b) would be a conscience vote anyway so might get signed off by a caucus that didn't intend to whip votes on it.
Thanks to those who have already linked to THM stuff on this. Perhaps Tammy might want to read the post and ensuing comment thread on the blog she actually writes for too? http://www.thestandard.org.nz/pro-choice-responses-to-chadwicks-abortion-bill It ...
I'm pretty sure it's not necessary to be a misogynist jerk in order to refute Collins' crap policy.
Given Key's interest in emulating Cameron, I fear he will pick up this idea and get Kiwiblog to host it :-(
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